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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Politics
Tom Embury-Dennis, Lizzy Buchan

Brexit - live updates: Major breakthrough as Theresa May and EU announce 'sufficient progress' after DUP approves border deal

Theresa May and the EU have announced a breakthrough deal which will allow Brexit negotiations to progress to the next stage.

The Prime Minister arrived in Brussels before 6am on Friday to stage a joint press conference with EU leaders following negotiations with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which stretched into the night.

The leaders declared that "sufficient progress" had been made on the "divorce issues" to begin the negotiations on their future trading relationship.

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